The 2025 Hanwha LifePlus International Crown was a women's golf team event organized by the LPGA, played 23–26 October at New Korea Country Club in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea. This was the fifth International Crown, a biennial match play event contested between teams of four players representing seven countries and a world team.
Australia defeated the United States in the final match.
Format The competition takes place over four days. It features four-ball competition on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The top two countries from each pool advance to Sunday. Two semifinal matches are played Sunday morning. Each semifinal match consist of two singles matches and one foursomes match. The winning semifinal countries competed in the final match on Sunday afternoon, and a third-place match took place between the two losing semifinal countries. Both matches used the same format as the semifinals.
Teams After the conclusion of the 2025 Women's British Open, the eight teams and members were announced on 4 August 2025, based on the combined Women's World Golf Rankings of the top four players from each country: Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States, plus a World team.
+ Teams Seed Rank Rank after changes^ Country 1 42 64 2 50 50 3 56 56 4 81 81 5 96 231 6 126 126 7 150 150 World team 8 285 334
Team members+#1 United States Rank Player 7 Angel Yin 14 Lauren Coughlin 19 Lilia Vu 24 Yealimi Noh^+ #2 Japan Rank Player 6 Miyū Yamashita 11 Rio Takeda 12 Mao Saigo 21 Ayaka Furue+ #3 South Korea Rank Player 8 Kim Hyo-joo 9 Ryu Hae-ran 16 Ko Jin-young 23 Choi Hye-jin+ #4 Australia Rank Player 4 Minjee Lee 15 Hannah Green 27 Grace Kim 35 Stephanie Kyriacou+ #5 Thailand Rank Player 1 Jeeno Thitikul 36 Chanettee Wannasaen 78 Pajaree Anannarukarn^ 116 Jasmine Suwannapura^+ #6 Sweden Rank Player 13 Maja Stark 31 Madelene Sagström 40 Ingrid Lindblad 42 Linn Grant+ #7 World team Rank Player 3 Lydia Ko 10 Charley Hull 54 Brooke Henderson 83 Hsu Wei-ling + #8 China Rank Player 5 Yin Ruoning 99 Zhang Weiwei 104 Liu Yan 126 Ruixin Liu^ ^Changes: for China, Lin Xiyu (ranked 77) could not play due to maternity leave and was replaced by Ruixin Liu (ranked 126). for the United States, Nelly Korda (ranked 2) withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Yealimi Noh (ranked 24). for Thailand, Patty Tavatanakit (ranked 41) withdrew and was replaced by Pajaree Anannarukarn (ranked 78) for Thailand, Ariya Jutanugarn (ranked 18) withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Jasmine Suwannapura (ranked 116)
Results Round one pool play Thursday, October 23, 2025
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+ Pool A Results Lee/Kyriacou 2 upWannasaen/SuwannapuraGreen/Kim 1 upThitikul/Anannarukarn 1 Session 1
Results Noh/Yin 5 & 4Y Liu/YinVu/Coughlin 2 upZhang/R Liu 2 Session 0
+Standings after round oneSeed Team Points Win Loss Tie 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 8 0 0 2 0
+ Pool B Results World teamYamashita/Takeda TiedHull/KoFurue/SaigoWld 2 & 1Henderson/Hsu 0.5 Session 1.5 Results Ko/RyuTiedLindblad/SagströmKim/Choi 3 & 2Stark/Grant 1.5 Session 0.5
+Standings after round oneSeed Team Points Win Loss Tie 3 1.5 1 0 1 7 World team 1.5 1 0 1 2 0.5 0 1 1 6 0.5 0 1 1
Round two pool play Friday, October 24, 2025
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+ Pool A Results Green/Kim 1 upR Liu/YinLee/Kyriacou 2 & 1Y Liu/Zhang 1 Session 1 Results Noh/Yin 5 & 4Thitikul/AnannarukarnVu/Coughlin 3 & 2Wannasaen/Suwannapura 2 Session 0
+Standings after round twoSeed Team Points Win Loss Tie 1 4 4 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 8 1 1 3 0 5 1 1 3 0
+ Pool B ResultsYamashita/Takeda 3 & 2Lindblad/SagströmFurue/Saigo 3 & 2Stark/Grant 1 Session 1 Results World teamKo/RyuTiedHenderson/HsuKim/ChoiWld 1 upHull/Ko 0.5 Session 1.5
Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie+ Standings after round two 7 World team 3 2 0 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 1.5 1 2 1 6 1.5 1 2 1
Round three pool play Saturday, October 25, 2025
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+ Pool A Results Thitikul/Anannarukarn 3 & 1Y Liu/ZhangWannasaen/Suwannapura 2 & 1R Liu/Yin 1 Session 1 Results Noh/YinTiedLee/KyriacouVu/Coughlin 5 & 4Green/Kim 1.5 Session 0.5
+Standings after round twoSeed Team Points Win Loss Tie 1 5.5 5 0 1 4 2.5 2 3 1 8 2 2 4 0 5 2 2 4 0
+ Pool B Results World teamLindblad/Sagström Wld 4 & 3Henderson/HsuStark/Grant 3 & 1Hull/Ko 1 Session 1 ResultsFurue/TakedaTiedKo/RyuSaigo/Yamashita 1 upKim/Choi 1.5 Session 0.5
Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie+ Standings after round two 7 World team 4 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2.5 1 2 3 6 2.5 2 3 1
Finals Sunday, October 26, 2025
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+ Semi final 1 Results Yin 2 & 1TakedaNoh 4 & 2YamashitaVu/Coughlin 1 upFurue/Saigo 2 Session 1 + Semi final 2 World team Results HullWld 2 & 1GreenHenderson 1 upLeeHsu/Ko 20 holesKyriacou/Kim 1 Session 2
+ 3rd place match Results World teamFurueWld 4 & 3HullTakedaWld 3 & 2KoSaigo/Yamashita 4 & 3 Hsu/Henderson 1 Session 2 + Final Results Yin 2 & 1LeeNoh 2 & 1GreenVu/Coughlin TiedKyriacou/Kim 0.5 Session 2.5
Final standings Place Team Money ($)(per player) 125,000 75,900 World team 64,400 4 55,200 T5 40,825 T5 40,825 T7 33,925 T7 33,925 Source:
References
External links
Coverage on the official LPGA website